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31 Configuring iSCSI Connectivity with VMware vSphere 6 and Dell PS Series Storage | TR1075
6. Click the Skip to end button to skip the optional Tags and Sector size page, and review the
content on the Summary page.
7. Review the volume creation information on the Summary page and click Finish.
The volume will now be created on the PS Series array.
8.1.3 Step 3: Connect to a volume on PS Series SAN
The next step connects to the volume on the SAN and verifies the connection status. Since the iSCSI
access and configuration was completed in the last step, the remaining step involves rescanning the
storage adapter on the ESXi host and making sure the volume appears correctly.
1. Return to the vSphere Web Client Hosts and Clusters inventory view and select the ESXi host.
2. In the Actions drop-down menu, click Storage, and then click Rescan Storage.
3. On the Rescan Storage dialog box, leave the boxes checked, and click OK.
4. Once the rescan is completed, a new EQLOGIC iSCSI Disk will be listed under the iSCSI Software
Adapter Devices tab.
5. Click the Actions dropdown, select Storage, and select Add Datastore.
6. For the datastore Type, select VMFS, and click Next to continue.
7. In the Datastore name field, enter a name for the datastore. A common best practice is to use the
same name as used on the volume on the array. In this case, vSphereDemo is used. Select the
recently created EQLOGIC iSCSI Disk, and click Next to continue.
8. On the Partition configuration page, leave the defaults selected, and click Next to continue.